Method and means for wrapping and packing bottles and the like



July 19, 1932. A BQBRICLK 1,867,561

METHOD AND MEANS FOR WRAPPING AND PACKING BOTTLES AND THE LIKE Filed June 21, 1929 Patented July 19, 1932 @NETED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR L. BOBRIGK, OF LOS ANGELES, GALIFORNIA METHOD AND MEANS FOR WRAPPING AND PACKING BOTTLES'AND THE LIKE Application filed June 21,

This invention relates to an improvement in a method and means for wrapping and packing bottles and the like against breaking or damage during shipment or while in use, and an object is to provide improvements over the form of wrapper shown in my pending application for patent filed Feb. 9, 1929,

Ser. No. 338,824.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cushioned wrapper formed of corrugated paper or other suitable material and adapted to enclose and protect a bottle against breakage, the wrapper being integrally formed but provided with a line of perforations intermediate the ends of the wrapper so that the upper portion of the wrapper may be readily detached from the bottle while the lower portion is retained on the bottle.

In the accompanying drawing I have shown a preferred form of my invention in which Fig. 1 illustrates a bottle wrapped and packed in accordance with my method.

Fig. 2 is a view of the bottle with the wrapper in section.

Fig. 3 is a view of the wrapper and bottle shown in Fig. 1 with means for attaching the edges of a sheet of wrapping material together.

Fig. 4 is a View of a bottle with the upper portion of the wrapper detached.

My invention contemplates the provision of a wrapper A formed of an integral sheet of corrugated material of a width slightly greater than the height of a bottle B on which the wrapper is adapted to be supported. The edges A1 of the wrapper A are attached together in abutting relation by means of a vertical strip of gummed tape 0 which overlaps between the edges A1, as shown in the joint Fig. 3.

The wrapper is sub-divided into two portions, viz: a lower stationary portion A2, and an upper portion A3 which is detachable from the lower portion by cutting or breaking the same way at a line of perforations A4 which extends entirely around the wrapper. The lower portion A2 is adapted to be suitably affixed to the body B1 of the bottle 1929. Serial No. 372,743.

in the manner shown or otherwise, in order that the portion A2 will protect the bottle against breakage while it is in use and that it may not be easily detached therefrom. To I this end the bottle B may be provided with heads as at B2 extending around the bottle and adapted to engage the corrugations A5 of the wrapper, when said corrugations are horizontally formed as shown, or, the por- 7 tion A2 of the wrapper may be glued or otherwise attached to the bottle.

The portion A2 extends upwardly to a point just below the neck'B3 of the bottle so that the portion A1 may be detached from v the portion A2 at the line of perforations A 1. hen the top portion A3 is removed the tape C may be cut with a knife transversely over the line of perforations A4 sothat said portion may be replaced on the bottle when and v as desired.

Thus it will be observed that the wrappers being formed integrally of sheets of corrugated paper provide practicable cushioned wrappers for the bottles, and when perforated as shown and described the upper portion is readily separable from the lower portion.

The advantages of wrapping bottles in accordance with my improvements will readily appear to those familiar to the packing and shipping of such articles.

Nhat I claim is:

1. In combination with a bottle, ribs formed on said bottle, a wrapper of cushioned material placed around said bottle, and including means for engaging said ribs to hold 85 the wrapper on the bottle.

2. In combination with a bottle, ribs formed on said bottle, a wrapper of cushioned material placed around said bottle, and ineluding means for engaging said ribs to hold 9 the wrapper on the bottle, said wrapper being provided with a row of perforations whereby the upper portion may be detached from the lower portion thereof. 05

3. In combination, a bottle wrapper placed around a bottle, said wrapper being divided by a row of perforations into a lower portion and an upper portion, means for holding said lower portion on the bottle, and means for me 'detachably holding said upper portion on the bottle.

4. In combination with a bottle formed with ribs on the lower portion and on the 5 upper portion thereof respectively, a wrapper enclosing the bottle and divided with a row of perforations into a lower portion and an upper portion, means on the lower portion of the wrapper for engaging the ribs on the lower portion of the bottle for holding the lower portion of the wrapper on the lower portion of the bottle, and means on the upper portion of the wrapper for engaging the ribs on the upper portion of the bottle for 1 attachably holding the upper portion of the wrapper on the upper portion of the bottle.

ARTHUR L. BOBRIGK. 

